Bidirectional incompatibility between conspecific populations of Drosophila simulans

Scott Leslie O'Neill; Timothy Karr

doi:10.1038/348178a0

Bidirectional incompatibility between conspecific populations of Drosophila simulans

Scott Leslie O'Neill, Timothy Karr

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Abstract

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) describes the phenomenon whereby eggs fertilized by sperm from insects infected with a rickettsial endosymbiont fail to hatch.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178 - 180
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	348
Issue number	6297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/348178a0
Publication status	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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